NIHR SPHR Fellowships in Public Health Research 2019

The NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) is funding up to 16 pre- and post-doctoral Fellowships as part of an initiative to build capacity in public health research.

The NIHR School for Public Health Research is a partnership between eight leading academic centres with excellence in applied public health research in England. The School aims to build evidence for effective public health practice, and its research looks to meet the needs of policy makers, practitioners and the public to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.

The fellowships are expected to begin between January and March 2020 and will be available across the eight members of SPHR.

Fellowships will be aligned to the SPHR research programmes and themes:

Public mental health

Places & communities

Children, young people & families

Health inequalities

Efficient and equitable public health systems

Changing behaviour at population level

Pre-doctoral fellowships - applications are invited from individuals with a Master’s degree and with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in public health research that is closely connected with public health practice. The pre-doctoral fellowships in public health research will be available for up to 24 months offering those appointed the opportunity to consolidate and build their CV and to prepare an application to undertake a PhD in public health.

Post-doctoral launching fellowships - applications are invited from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in academic public health research that is closely connected with public health practice. The launching fellowships in public health research will be available for up to 24 months offering those appointed the opportunity to consolidate and build their CV and to prepare funding applications to secure future funding.

You can find more information including a link to the application packs for pre- and post-doctoral Fellowships here.